Modern Photographic Art
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Black and White
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Black and White
21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Photography
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1960s Op Art Abstract Photography
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2010s Modern Color Photography
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1930s Modern Figurative Photography
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
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1890s Modern Figurative Photography
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography
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1950s Modern More Art
Paper, Ink
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Photographic Paper
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Photographic Paper
1880s Modern Black and White Photography
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Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
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Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
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1980s Realist Black and White Photography
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Photographic Paper
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Digital
Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
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Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
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Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Photographic Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Color Photography
C Print
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Color Photography
C Print
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Photographic Paper
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Early 2000s Figurative Photography
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Early 2000s Landscape Photography
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Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
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Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
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Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
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Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
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1990s Contemporary Landscape Photography
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Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
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Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
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1990s Contemporary Landscape Photography
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Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
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Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
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Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
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The first permanent image created by a camera — which materialized during the 1820s — is attributed to Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. The French inventor was on to something for sure. Kodak introduced roll film in the 1880s, allowing photography to become more democratic, although cameras wouldn’t be universally accessible until several decades later.
Digital photographic techniques, software, smartphone cameras and social-networking platforms such as Instagram have made it even easier in the modern era for budding photographers to capture the world around them as well as disseminate their images far and wide.
What might leading figures of visual art such as Andy Warhol have done with these tools at their disposal?
Today, when we aren’t looking at the digital photos that inundate us on our phones, we look to the past to celebrate the photographers who have broken rules as well as records — provocative and prolific artists like Horst P. Horst, Lillian Bassman and Helmut Newton, who altered the face of fashion and portrait photography; visionary documentary photographers such as Gordon Parks, whose best-known work was guided by social justice; and pioneers of street photography such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, who shot for revolutionary travel magazines like Holiday with the likes of globetrotting society lensman Slim Aarons.
Find photographers you may not know in Introspective and The Study — where you’ll read about Berenice Abbott, who positioned herself atop skyscrapers for the perfect shot, or “conceptual artist-adventurer” Charles Lindsay, whose work combines scientific rigor with artistic expression, or Massimo Listri, known for his epic interiors of opulent Old World libraries. Photographer Jeannette Montgomery Barron was given a Kodak camera as a child. Later, she shot on Polaroid film before buying her first 35mm camera in her teens. Barron's stunning portraits of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Warhol and other artists chronicle a crucial chapter of New York’s cultural history.
Throughout the past two centuries, photographers have used their medium to create expressive work that has resonated for generations. Shop a voluminous collection of this powerful fine photography on 1stDibs. Search by photographer to find the perfect piece for your living room wall, or spend some time with the work organized under various categories, such as landscape photography, nude photography and more.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Modern art is characterized by a rejection of realism and narrative and a trend toward abstraction.
- Who is the father of modern art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Paul Cézanne is often cited as the father of modern art.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 26, 2024The difference between modern art and contemporary art comes down to age. Contemporary art refers to art produced by artists who are still alive or were active during the 1960s and later. Modern art is the term for artworks made between 1850 or 1860 and 1960. On 1stDibs, shop a large collection of modern and contemporary art.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
The term contemporary is applied to art by 21st-century artists; modern art refers to works created from the1880s and through the 1960s.
- Did Picasso found modern art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
No, Picasso was not a founder of modern art, but he is one of its most famous practitioners.
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 3, 2024The father of modern Indian art is generally thought to be Raja Ravi Varma. Active during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, he was the first Indian artist widely known for producing paintings that depicted Indian subjects using the techniques of the European masters. Some of his most famous works include Bhishma on a Bed of Arrows, Bharat Mata, Jatayu Vadham and Lady in the Moonlight. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of Indian art.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Modern art encompasses Postimpressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, futurism, expressionism, Dada, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and Pop art.
- Is Art Deco mid-century modern?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertAugust 15, 2019
Art Deco is not mid-century modern. Art Deco began just before World War I and was inspired by cubism. Mid-century modernism first appeared in 1945 and merged a minimalist aesthetic with practicality.
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